E-Commerce

Sales are expected to reach 7.4 trillion dollars by 2025

Digital retail sales are now equal to sales in physical stores

e-Commerce sales are expected to reach 7.4 trillion dollars by 2025 with a compound annual growth rate of 14.7% from 2020 to 2027. Mobile commerce continues to grow at an incredible pace with 3.56 trillion dollars in retail e-commerce sales being made on mobile in 2021 according to Statista.
58.4% of Internet users buy something online every week.

Digital retail sales are now equal to sales in physical stores according to Shopify.

A plethora of e-commerce platforms are now available to choose from but the most popular ones are currently WooCommerce, Shopify, and Magento.

	Magento	Shopify	WooCommerce
Best for:	Businesses with many products and categories that want complete control of their e-commerce shop	Small and medium businesses that have a lot of SKU’s and want everything working out of the box and want it managed by a non techie person	Small businesses using WordPress that only have a few products

Not for:	Small businesses that only have a few products to offer	Businesses that want complete control or have thousands of categories and SKU’s	Businesses that don’t useWordPress

Pros:	Has a powerful free version	Very user friendly	Free (with paid version of WordPress)
	Fully customizable	Uncomplicated content management system	Fully customizable
	Better SEO	Drag & Drop website builder
	Only pay for what you need	Ready “out of the box” - most key functions you will want are ready to go with no extensions or plugins needed

Cons:	Generally you will need support from developers to take advantage of the power of Magento	Only has a paid for option and it can quickly get expensive for bigger sites	Doesn’t work with the free version of WordPress
		More restrictive - especially with things like checkout options	You need to take control of security issues, it’s not don’t for you

Key features:
Mobile friendly	Yes	Yes	Yes
Analytics	Yes	Yes - but can’t be customized	Yes
Scalability	Yes	Limited	Limited
Direct support	Paid version	Yes	No
Ease of use	No	Yes	Yes - for basic e-commerce site
Customizability	Yes - with support from developers	Restrictive	Yes - with knowledge of coding
Multiple websites	Yes	No	No
Mobile admin app	No	Yes	No

About Magento

Magento started as an open-source platform and is now owned by Adobe. They have a free community and a paid-for enterprise version which is now called Adobe Commerce.

Over 60,000 e-commerce websites in the USA use Magento with large companies such as Coca-Cola, Ford, Burger King & Olympus among many famous brands using it.

Whilst Woo Commerce and Shopify have outgrown Magento in terms of online storefronts due to their simplicity to use many consumer brands and large SMEs continue to depend on Magento due to the amount of control, features, and customization possible.

For these reasons Magento often isn’t suitable for smaller companies because it requires more support from developers with training in Magento to get the most out of its immense power.

There are more than 200,000 Magento developers worldwide but only about 6,000 are certified. Global Triangles Magento developers are all Adobe certified.

Magento is particularly strong in North America.

Magento 2 was released in 2015 but tens of thousands of websites still haven’t migrated from Magento 1, which is no longer supported and has many security risks.

Global Triangles has successfully migrated many websites from Magento 1 to Magento 2 and we have also helped many companies transition from Magento Community to Adobe Commerce, previously known as Magento Enterprise, which has become increasingly expensive since Magento was purchased by Adobe.

For existing Magento users we can help you to migrate to Magento 2, migrate from Adobe Commerce to Community or vice versa, review and improve your security or help you to redesign your website, add new functions, and build extensions.

If you’re considering moving your e-commerce to Magento or need assistance in choosing the best e-commerce platform for your needs contact us for a free consultation.

About Shopify

Shopify has seen rapid growth since 2018 and is now one of the most popular e-commerce platforms due to its ease of use and wide range of features.

Large brands such as Nestle, Pepsi, and Unilever use Shopify, and they claim that over 218 million people have bought something from a store built with Shopify. 62% of Shopify Plus accounts are in the USA and 9% in Canada meaning 71% of Shopify Plus accounts are in North America.

69% of orders are made on mobile, again emphasizing the importance to be mobile-friendly in the e-commerce space. Indeed say that the number of Shopify developer job postings has increased by 50% in the past year but there are no clear numbers about how many Shopify developers are currently available around the world.

When searching for a Shopify developer to help you with your e-commerce website you should search for developers with experience in HTML, CSS , JavaScript, PHP and ideally previous experience working in e-commerce development.

Most small vendors can build and manage a Shopify store themselves or with occasional help from a freelance developer but for larger more complex projects it’s normally beneficial to work with an experienced e-commerce team such as ours. We have many years experience in the e-commerce space developing with Magento, Shopify and Woo Commerce.

About WooCommerce

WooCommerce is an extremely popular e-commerce platform because of the ease of use on WordPress websites, the most popular platform used by small businesses.

93.7% of WordPress online stores used WooCommerce.

Like Magento and Shopify, WooCommerce is built with PHP & JavaScript.

Despite being a favorite for small businesses it still has some impressive brands that also depend on WooCommerce for their e-commerce needs including Weber & Airstream. Global Triangles have helped clients to integrate WooCommerce with their WordPress websites.

Key Differences

Here's asummary of the key differences between the 3 most popular e-commerce platforms

Shopify

Best for:
Small and medium businesses that have a lot of SKU’s and want everything working out of the box and want it managed by a non techie person.

Not for:
Businesses that want complete control or have thousands of categories and SKU’s.

Pros:
- User-friendly content management system
- Drag & Drop website builder
- Most key functions are ready to go with no extensions or plugins needed

Cons:
- Only has a paid for option and it can quickly get expensive for bigger sites
- More restrictive - especially with things like checkout options

Key features
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- Mobile Friendly
- Analytics (but can't be customizad)
- Scalability (limited)
- Direct support
- Customizable (limited)
- Mobile Admin App
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Magento

Best for:
Businesses with many products and categories that want complete control of their e-commerce shop.

Not for:
Small businesses that only have a few products to offer.
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Pros:
- Has a powerfull free version
- Fully customizable
- Better SEO
- Only pay for what you need

Cons:
- Generally you will need support from developers to take advantage of the power of Magento

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Key features
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- Mobile Friendly
- Analytics
- Scalability
- Direct support (only paid version)
- Customizability
- Supports multiple websites
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WooCommerce

Best for:
Small businesses using WordPress that only have a few products.

Not for:
Businesses that don’t use WordPress.

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Pros:
- Free (with paid version of WordPress)
- Fully customizable

Cons:
- Doesn’t work with the free version of WordPress
- You need to take control of security issues, it’s not don’t for you

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Key features
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- Mobile Friendly
- Analytics
- Scalability (limited)
- Customizable - with coding knowlage
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Our expertise

All of our e-commerce team are Adobe Magento certified and have extensive experience in PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
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